Second Life age conversion...

Lance Corrimal

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I used to have this "formula" that says that one year in real life equals 6 years in SL, based on the fact that with the default day cycle in SL it takes 4 hours real time from sunrise to sunrise... but ... I just realized that by that formula this avatar is going to turn ninety fucking six this summer.

eeps.
 

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Talking about eeps in SL:

What I see in SL is that although you can't eat or drink in SL, the asses get fatter and fatter. Some females walk around with elephant sized ones already.
Worrisome?
They even call it avatar beautification.

Why on earth do they pay linden dollars to make their avatars uglier?
Is a corrupted mental well being a fast spreading disease in SL?
 

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People get so upset about how other people fashion pixels. We're all cartoon characters in this world...and many of THEM (cartoon characters) aren't really true to actual human form, either. I'm amazed it's judged as "corrupted mental well being" when people are making fake pixel people or animals.

I saw a giant rat in SL once. Rats in RL aren't that huge. I didn't automatically assume it was based on mental illness, though. Because it wasn't real.
 

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my rez day was yesterday.. that 16 RL years so that also puts me at 96SL years too... we become adults at age 100 right? like elves?

if you find yourself in a world where you can be whatever you want with little to no consequences. why the hell would you want to be a boring ordinary average human?
 

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my rez day was yesterday.. that 16 RL years so that also puts me at 96SL years too... we become adults at age 100 right? like elves?

if you find yourself in a world where you can be whatever you want with little to no consequences. why the hell would you want to be a boring ordinary average human?
...so you can sit and watch the circus go by?
 

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Talking about eeps in SL:

What I see in SL is that although you can't eat or drink in SL, the asses get fatter and fatter. Some females walk around with elephant sized ones already.
Worrisome?
They even call it avatar beautification.

Why on earth do they pay linden dollars to make their avatars uglier?
Is a corrupted mental well being a fast spreading disease in SL?
Total side note, there is at least one eating/drinking/weight gain system in SL. Younhave to pre make the shapes though.

Basically, the more you eat, the fatter you get (cycling through your pre made shapes). The more you move around or use work out equipment, the skinnier you get.
 
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Talking about eeps in SL:

What I see in SL is that although you can't eat or drink in SL, the asses get fatter and fatter. Some females walk around with elephant sized ones already.
Worrisome?
They even call it avatar beautification.

Why on earth do they pay linden dollars to make their avatars uglier?
Is a corrupted mental well being a fast spreading disease in SL?
Just a way people want to express themselves, same as males buying a Piggu mesh body. ;-)
 

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People get so upset about how other people fashion pixels. We're all cartoon characters in this world...and many of THEM (cartoon characters) aren't really true to actual human form, either. I'm amazed it's judged as "corrupted mental well being" when people are making fake pixel people or animals.

I saw a giant rat in SL once. Rats in RL aren't that huge. I didn't automatically assume it was based on mental illness, though. Because it wasn't real.
IMHO if you use a human avatar, that should be created somewhat along the lines of a human body.
Am I against people with overweight? No of course not. I'm way to heavy in RL myself.
But please keep it a bit within proportion. Having female curves is beautiful. But what now is becoming the norm in SL is totally insane IMHO.
A waist like a wasp and buttocks like a rhino.
And at the same time people are proud about the superior avatars in SL compared to other worlds. Yeah right.

How many discussions have there been in the past about how the proportions of the human body (me waves at Penny) should be?

If someone wants to be an elf, a parrot, a mouse or a fat rat, all fine. But if you want to be a human, one should really try IMHO to keep more or less human proportions.
Have a look at what has been on offer at the happy 60 linden weekend for months already. It gets worse by the week.

"The emperor's new clothes" comes to mind.

Just a way people want to express themselves, same as males buying a Piggu mesh body. ;-)
The Piggu body is a proportional one. No fat ass is possible in a human body without a fat belly too.
Slightly bigger maybe, but in the current desired SL sizes? Impossible if you want to look like a human.

Edit to add: Yesterday a Dutch woman died in a Turkish hospital during a cosmetic surgery where she would get a butt filling Brazilian style.
So the madness is happening in RL too. After ruining faces for decades, the second cheeks are next.
 
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I used to have this "formula" that says that one year in real life equals 6 years in SL, based on the fact that with the default day cycle in SL it takes 4 hours real time from sunrise to sunrise... but ... I just realized that by that formula this avatar is going to turn ninety fucking six this summer.
I don't recall a period of time where my avatar was wearing diapers and learning to walk.

I consider SL filled with people but as magical beings immediately emerging into life as adults. At least physically. They experience time, but they're ageless. Unless they choose otherwise.

One. Ninety. It doesn't mean a thing to them.
 

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I remarked on the trend towards bigger hips in another thread. I can see Sid's point, an Shiloh's.
When I find it worrisome is times when all the fashion us aimed at that market. That's not as much of an issue as it was before mesh bodies, but with the proliferation of mesh bodies, may be again.
For example, I have no problem with people getting, say, the Kupra body and maxing the sliders, if that's what they want. But if I'm looking for clothes, and everything I see is made for that look, it would be frustrating.
 

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In April, my avatar will be 114 SL years old. :shakefist:
 

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What I see in SL is that although you can't eat or drink in SL, the asses get fatter and fatter. Some females walk around with elephant sized ones already.
TBH, i see a direct connection between that trend, and the fact that Firestorm has a "show friends only" feature that when turned on makes other people disappear unless you're friends with them.

To be more serious about it: I guess there are two groups of people, the ones that believe in a more natural body type, and the ones that believe in the bigger the better - and I'm pretty sure there is NO overlap between the two, and with "show friends only" they don't even notice each other. I'm not sure that is a good thing...
 
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Lance Corrimal

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I think SL's retirement age should be 100, and after that, you get a few lindens a month from social security.
I already get 42L$ per week for free.
as in: I pay premium yearly - if I directly bought linden$ with that money I'd get just a wee bit less than what I get if I add up the weekly allowance.

And yes - it actually IS an age thing: this account went premium when you'd still get 500L per week, and never downgraded.
 

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OMG is there a show friends only option in some browsers?
Nice way to meet new people in SL.
And how to avoid to run into each other then in a bit crowded place?

And to get on topic: I always look at my rez date, that keeps me young.
I'm only 15 years old in SL.
 
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I'm very glad that I don't waste any energy worrying about the decisions other people make with their avatars in this online game. I try to be the same way in rl too. Makes life much more pleasant for everyone.
 
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This avatar will be 48 RL years then and my ALT would be 60.

I have reached a difficult point in my this avatars age. Her account is as old as she is supposed to be in SL, 8 years. I spent lot of time shaping her to have realistic body proportions to a 8 year old little girl. I did the measurements and calculation from a real life child star from the 30s. My avatars shape is based on Shirley Temples body measurements. Something that I have been thinking about is aging her in real time with her SL age. When my account turns 9 in a few months, change her measurements to those of a typical 9 year old.